Ukrainian Catholic Church Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

On Tuesday, August 27th, 2019, Rt. Rev Fr. Simon Ckuj celebrated 25 years of priestly ordination. Eparchy congratulated Rt. Rev Fr. Simon Ckuj on his anniversary of completion of 25 years of priesthood and thanked for 25 years of his ...

My father once told me the story of a woman who was praying in front of an Icon of Our Lord in a Church. As he recounted the story, a second woman had overheard the first woman’s fervent prayer, which ...

Catholicism is not found in a uniform worship or liturgical practice. The Catholic Church has never, ever since its earliest days 2000 years ago, been uniform in its liturgical prayers, traditions or practice. The uniformity or unity of the church ...

On Sunday, 11th August 2019, the parishioners of the North Melbourne Cathedral Parish showed their compassion for the poor and unfortunate of Melbourne. Over the last month the Ukrainian Women’s League has been collecting food for the poor on the ...

On Tuesday, August 20th, 2019, Fr Peter Struk celebrates 30 years of priestly ordination. Fr Peter was born in Brisbane where he grew up and completed his studies in pharmacology and then worked as a pharmacist before going to Rome ...

In Matthew’s Gospel, we read that “people do not light a candle and put it under a bushel basket”. Jesus tells us to “let our light shine before men and glorify your Father who is in heaven”. (Mt 5.15-16) On ...

I ask the reader for patience as I present a series of vignettes, to hopefully unpack what I believe to be an important message. First, my grandmother was a Polish woman gifted with a sardonic wit. One day someone announced ...

In October of 2018, the Catholic Church held a Youth Synod in Rome. The Pope, many cardinals, bishops, youth and others attended. In February 2019, the Holy Father issued a final document on the Synod. In 2017, the Australian Catholic ...

On the weekend of the 26th-28th July 2019 in Melbourne, the National Executive of the Ukrainian Youth Association in Australia organised the Wasyl Senko Leadership and Training Conference. The conference was hosted by the head of the National Educational Council, ...

On Sunday the 28th of July 2019, the National Executive of the Ukrainian Youth Association in Australia – CYM awarded Bishop Peter C.S.s.R. honorary membership. It was announced during the CYM National Plenum. The National Executive formally ratified CYM Melbourne’s ...

Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav at a meeting with the youth during the national pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia shared his advice on how to enliven the Liturgy. First of all, believes His Beatitude Sviatoslav, ...